Study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-17 06:08:33 | Updated at 2024-11-17 08:17:50 2 hours ago

Study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals
Phys dot org ^ | November 15, 2024 | University of South Florida

Posted on 11/16/2024 10:04:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv

A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, validating written records and centuries-old myths of ancient Egyptian rituals and practices. Through advanced chemical analyses, Davide Tanasi examined one of the world's few remaining Egyptian Bes mugs.

Such mugs, including the one donated to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1984, are decorated with the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god or guardian demon worshiped for protection, fertility, medicinal healing and magical purification. Published in Scientific Reports, the study sheds light on an ancient Egyptian mystery: The secret of how Bes mugs were used about 2,000 years ago...

Tanasi, who developed this study as part of the Mediterranean Diet Archaeology project promoted by the USF Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment, collaborated with several USF researchers and partners in Italy at the University of Trieste and the University of Milan to perform chemical and DNA analyses. With a pulverized sample from scraping the inner walls of the vase, the team combined numerous analytical techniques for the first time to uncover what the mug last held.

The new tactic was successful and revealed the vase had a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol... The concoction was flavored with honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice and grapes, which were commonly used to make the beverage look like blood.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bes; davidetanasi; egypt; godsgravesglyphs; hallucinogens

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(a) Drinking vessel in shape of Bes head; El-Fayūm Oasis, Egypt; Ptolemaic-Roman period (4th century BCE—3rd century CE), (courtesy of the Tampa Museum of Art, Florida). (b) Bes mug from the Ghalioungui collection, 10.7 × 7.9 cm (Ghalioungui, G. Wagner 1974, Kaiser 2003, cat. no. 342). (c) Bes mug inv. no. 14.415 from the Allard Pierson Museum, 11.5 × 9.3 cm (courtesy of the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam; photo by Stephan van der Linden). (d) Bes mug from El-Fayum, dimensions unknown (Kaufmann 1913; Kaiser 2003, cat. no. 343).Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78721-8

1 posted on 11/16/2024 10:04:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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2 posted on 11/16/2024 10:06:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)

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